Belgian Beers elsewhere in the UK

This stalwart Northumberland ale pub offers easily the widest selection of Belgian beer for miles around. Their range includes Westmalle, Rochefort, Arabier and Liefmans Goudenband.www.john-bull-inn.co.uk

The tap of the award-winning Triple fff brewery a few miles away in Four Marks, The Railway Arms includes Ellezelloise,
St Bernardus and Westmalle beers in its Belgian range. Not to be confused with the similarly-named pub opposite - the Arms is across the main road from the station.

Although the name and notional location (Impasse de la Fidélité) pay homage to two
famous Brussels bars, it is a third which more readily springs to mind: imagine
Goupil le Fol transported to a cosy cellar in northern England and given a good beer
list, and you have an idea what to expect. Plush furnishings and candlelight lend Mort
Subite the ambience of a private club, making it possibly the most civilised place to
enjoy Belgian beer in the country. The list of 250 includes many non-Belgians but even
so, it must be about the longest Belgian list in the UK.
There's no standing, so it's advisable to reserve a table at busy times.
www.mortsubite.eu

Were it not for the eyecatching gable signage, you could easily walk past this beauty set a little back from the main road. Inside you will find a small and welcoming
specialist beer café bedecked with Belgian breweriana. The wide selection includes several from Brasserie de la Senne, who also feature in the décor. The excellent menu includes some Belgian specialities. Hemelvaart also punches above its weight as a regular music venue. A bus connects Bedale to the nearest mainline station at Northallerton, while the Wensleydale heritage line station is just over the road. Well worth making a special journey for a Belgian fix.www.hemelvaart.co.uk

An elegant late-Victorian community pub, its place on the Grade II list has left The Anchor a little isolated in
ripe-for-development Digbeth. A fair few interesting Belgians (e.g. from Br. de la Senne) make
it well worth the ten minute walk from New Street station.www.anchorinndigbeth.co.uk

Small city centre cellar bar with a huge range of beer. Almost certainly the largest selection of Belgian beers in the midlands, icludes Boon, St Bernardus and Rochefort. Entrances on New Street and Pinfold Street.www.postofficevaults.co.uk

An interesting concept, Belgique is a chain of brasserie-cum-teashop-cum-patisseries around north and east London. The beer range is
broadly mainstream but undoubtedly includes enough of interest for any Belgian beer aficionado to make it well worth dropping in for a beer
and a slice of cake.www.belgique.co.uk

Classic traditional pub with floorboards and flagstones slightly out of the city
centre. When I went the blackboard advertised:- Straffe Hendrik, Troubadour, Barbar,
Piraat, both Westmalles, Geuze Boon, Jacobins Kriek, Grottenbier, Chimay Red,
Kwak, Forbidden Fruit, Gulden Draak & Rochefort 10. In addition Hoegaarden
is on tap. The Greys also enjoys a good reputation for food.Sometimes has
live music. Click here to find out more.

Another traditional one very close to the station. The Evening Star has a well-deserved
reputation as a real ale pub, offering loads of guest beers alongside the
Dark Star brews. Belgian beers on offer include:- Piraat, Troubadour, Cantillon
Geuze, Saison Dupont and quite a few more, generally of the less well-known variety.
Click here
for the latest info.

Superb town centre ale house, popular with Burnley FC fans (Turf Moor is a ten minute walk away).
Belgian, German and US beers available along with real ales from local breweries. Belgoo, Zot, Chouffe
and Rochefort 6 feature. Closed on Mon & Tue.www.thebridgebierhuis.co.uk

A traditional backstreet pub in a city that seems relatively unaffected by the blight of pub-closures. The décor comprises breweriana and photos from the many events the pub hosts, and low lighting lends something of a Belgian ambience. The thoughtfully-curated Belgian menu lists about 100 beers, ranging from (all) the Trappists to Brasserie de la Senne, De Struise and Préaris.

This seafood restaurant in a fishing village near Stonehaven is one of the most
northerly outposts for Belgian beer. A good list includes St Bernardus, Corsendonk
and La Chouffe among more usual offerings from Liefmans, Duvel and Westmalle.www.thecreelinn.co.uk

The sign says 'Belgian-Style Café Bar', which describes Hops precisely.
Town centre bar equally suitable for a session or to drop in for a chat
after a spot of shopping. The list of over 60 includes Cuvée van der Keizer
and De Dolle, along with the standard Trappists.

Excellent city centre place which combines a decent 40+ Belgian list with fully functioning as a mainstream pub. Enthusiastic and knowledgable bar staff and pretty much the full set of branded glasses. www.theheadofsteam.co.uk

Possibly Cornwall's only outlet for Belgian beer (let me know if I'm wrong), HAND has 30 continental beers of which a third are Belgian.
It also offers meat and cheese, DJs, live music and an art gallery.

The Inverness District CAMRA Pub of the Year 2007 boasts the largest Belgian beer
range in Scotland. Highlights include Hommel Bier, Oerbier and St Bernardus. Also
has a fine restaurant and accommodation (discounts for CAMRA members in winter months) plus 200 single malts.
It is well worth organising a holiday around a visit.www.theanderson.co.uk

Belgian speciality bar and restaurant with Leffe Blonde and Brune, Liefmans Frambozen,
Hoegaarden, de Koninck on draught, and Chimay, Liefmans, Duvel, more from the
Leffe & Hoegaarden ranges and various entry-level fruit beers in bottles.
Brel also boasts a very enticing menu and regular live gigs and DJs.
Check www.brelbarrestaurant.com for details.

Chris Ryley moved from the Grays Athletic FC bar (no longer listed) to this pub
and has stocked it with such bottles as:- Barbar, Westmalle, Rochefort, Golden
Carolus, Piraat, Maredsous and several others. Prices are very reasonable. The
pub currently runs a Folk Club on Sunday afternoons & a Blues Nights on alternate
Thursdays.

This country pub just south of the M40 near Gerrards Cross is a gem. Whist real
ale is their stock-in-trade, they also do a draught Belgian beer and several bottles
and these are generally beers that you don't commonly find even in the pubs listed
here, e.g. Hapkin. Sunday lunchtime brings people in from miles around.

Excellent real ale pub that also stocks a selection of Belgian beers - served
in their individual glasses too. The bottled beer list includes:- Kwak, Barbar,
Hercule, St Bernardus, Liefmans, Westmalle, Rochefort, Corsendonk, Orval, Gouyasse.
A great traditional drinking pub five minutes walk from the town centre always
with a good atmosphere. Bev the owner takes great pleasure in his beer and customer
satisfaction.

A neat village separated from Cambridge by the A14, Histon is home to several pubs as well
as a giant-killing non-league football team. The Red Lion featured in a BBC documentary on pubs with that name.
Its Belgian range includes Rochefort.

Undoubtedly one of the finest ale pubs in the UK. Beers from De Struise, Tilquin, Boon and Westmalle can be found among the Belgian range.
A Sex Pistols artwork commemorates the band's legendary Christmas Day gigs in the town.www.groveinn.co.uk

This obvious first-and-last stop for football and rugby league fans, located in the famous neo-classical station frontage and full of railwayana, has several Belgian bottled beers available.www.theheadofsteam.co.uk/huddersfield/

This enormous shop sells an amazing variety of beers - 1100 at the last count - including 400
Belgian beers, 130 Belgian glasses and 32 Belgian gift packs. The prices are very
reasonable too. Mail order via the Beers
of Europe website.

Eight Belgian beers on draught, including Liefmans Frambozen, La Chouffe, Leffe,
De Koninck and Hoegaarden, plus many more in bottles. Also does food & accommodation.
See website - www.devonshireangel.com

North Bar has long been the premier Leeds venue for any beer cognoscento. Boasts a huge range of bottles: Belgians can include Westvleteren, Tilquin, St Bernardus and De Struise. The single long, narrow room varies between a quiet space to read the papers and a DJ venue with loud dub reggae. A must-visit Leeds institution.northbar.com/northbar/

A bold departure from conventional UK bar genres, FoH is a charcuterie, fromagerie and modern craft beer café of the first order, and always has a wide range of cask, keg and bottled beers. It's clear a lot of thought has gone into what they sell. Belgians available include Saison Dupont, Cantillon, Westmalle and Orval with others coming and going. The compact and bijou bar area leads to a spacious lounge-style cellar which hosts occasional music.www.friendsofham.com

This establishment, located in the heart of the Staffordshire market town, serves
120 Belgian beers and 20 genevers along with Belgian cuisine in a modern continental-style
environment. The perfect place for reading the Sunday papers in a relaxed atmosphere.

Traditional pub selling an immense range of Belgian beer. Fills up quickly when
the Tigers or the Foxes are at home, and away fans are welcome. Excellent simple
food in the shape of cheese rolls and the like. This is genuinely one of the best
places to drink Belgian beer in the UK. View the impressive list on their
website.

This Northen Quarter bar could lay claim to be the UK's most authentic Belgian-style
bar. Up to 50 Belgian beers can be found here and the range is a good mixture
between mainstream (Leffe, Liefmans, Kwak) and those not often encountered over
here (Cantillon range, Boon, Brigand, Bornem). Bar Fringe is not exclusively Belgian
- several real ales are available, not to mention ordinary lager, so there is
something for everyone. The clientèle is very mixed, the décor is
very brown and the nod at Belgian quirkiness is provided by the motorbike up in
the gallery. The food is unspectacular but great value and perfectly adequate
to complement the beer, and the jukebox is superb. Extremely highly recommended.

Essentially the tap for the Boggart Hole Clough Brewery, MicroBar also sells a load of bottles from Belgium and the USA.
Belgian gift sets are available. The seating is shared with the other stalls, so you can complement your beer with,
for example, an Afro-Caribbean curry from next door.

Opened in 2010, the PSBH instantly established itself as a serious player on the UK beer scene, and a must-do on any beer-related visit to Manchester. Embraces cask and craft keg with equal enthusiasm. Plenty of Belgians to be found - find the latest info at www.portstreetbeerhouse.co.uk.

This multiple CAMRA award-winning pub thumbs its nose at the Carlsberg brewery over the road.
Aside from the decent range of real ales, it offers Westmalle, Duvel, Corsendonk,
Kwak, Leffe, Orval, various Timmermans flavours and a few more. The bar food is
excellent value too. www.maltshoveltavern.com

A good range of over 25 bottled Belgian beers is to be found in this great backstreet
pub a mile from the city centre, which has the distinction of winning CAMRA's
National Pub of the Year title twice. It was also the Good Pub Guide's Beer Pub
of the Year in 2008. Highlights include Witkap Tripel & Hommelbier. There
are also up to 28 real ales from all over the British Isles. The surroundings
are traditional cum retro, and food is available at lunchtimes in the form of
excellent-value-for-money rolls. Latest news at www.fatcatpub.co.uk.

A classic ale pub located just inside the inner ring road, The King's Head can genuinely claim to be both a city centre boozer and a community pub. While the Belgian range isn't huge, it does include the Het Kapittel range and most Trappists.www.kingsheadnorwich.com

Almost certainly the only pub anywhere with a narrowboat moored up inside. The Canalhouse, situated in an old Fellows, Morton & Clayton wharf building, has a massive range of Belgian bottles, real ales aplenty, bar food and a huge, covered canalside terrace. Its handy location between the station and the city centre makes it a great stop on any visit to Nottingham.www.thecanalhouse.co.uk

As well as serving 100 Belgian beers along with other bottle conditioned ales,
The Belgian Café is something of a local art space, holding regular concerts, recitals,
cabaret and exhibitions. www.belgiancafe.co.uk

The Cellar Bar has been flying the flag for Belgian beer since 1987. They currently
have Hoegaarden and De Koninck on tap plus Orval, Duvel, Liefmans, Brugse Tarwebier,
Kwak, St Bernardus Triple, Westmalle, Leffe and Hoegaarden Grand Cru and Forbidden
Fruit. They also have an excellent range of German & Czech beers and have
offered over 400 real ales in two years. And if you visit the website you
can get a free pint - www.cellarbar.co.uk.

A genuine Premier League alehouse located in what must surely be the UK capital
of shut down pubs. Landlord Tim Flynn is justifiably proud of his excellent Belgian
range, which sits alongside a large selection of real ales. Close to Salford Central
station and only a short walk over the river from Manchester city centre. Website
at www.thenewoxford.co.uk.

Around 100 bottled beers from Belgium and specialist Belgian guest beers on draught.
The CAMRA National Cider and Perry Pub of the Year Cider for 2007 and a regular
winner of local awards. Website at www.valleybar.co.uk.

The Devonshire Cat opened in March 2001 in the Devonshire Green area, and includes
up to 60 Belgian bottled beers in its vast range. Highlights include Cantillon & Hommel Bier.
The full list can be found at www.devonshirecat.co.uk.

Beautiful Edwardian waiting room which had lain derelict for decades
prior to being renovated by Thornbridge brewery and York's Pivní Café
and opened as a 'world beer free house'. The Belgian section of its
list extends into three figures. Factor it in as the first and last
stop on any visit to Sheffield - or visit it as the main event.

Superb original Victorian railway bar on Platform 1 serving a large roster of real ales and several
well-known Belgian beers. Stalybridge is on the Huddersfield to Manchester trans-Pennine
route, and it's well worth splitting your journey to faciltate a visit. More details
at www.stalybridgebuffetbar.co.uk.

Classic real ale pub stocking a decent range of Belgian bottles, including Hommel
and Oerbier. Under constant threat from the developers. Note: It's nowhere near
the railway, the one after which it was named disappeared decades ago.

Up to 70 Belgians stocked including some not often found in UK pubs, e.g. Ename,
St Feuillien, Piraat alongside the Trappists. Great location, relaxed friendly
service and the only place in Hanley where you can sit outside on a nice terrace
and enjoy your food and drink.www.barmetro.co.uk

Another member of the northen chain, the Tynemouth Head of Steam opened in May 2014. Its range of over 20 Belgian bottles includes La Chouffe, Tripel Karmeliet, Rochefort 10 and St Bernardus Abt. www.theheadofsteam.co.uk

This award-winning pub, located two miles from Windermere on the road to Kendal,
stocks several Belgian beers and you might even find peche beer on tap. Excellent
food and accommodation at a reasonable price.

'World beer freehouse' located in a timber-framed building dating from 1190.
Pivní has about 20 or so Belgians in a large range of foreign beers. If it looks
a bit full there is a little more space upstairs.

Café bar located in what is claimed to be York's oldest licenced premises. Easily overlooked,
it's found up the stairs from The Bottle off licence. A delightful haven from the madding crowd
below (in the street rather than the beer shop).